International Journal of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Review Article Open Access

Acute and Chronic Pain Management of the Urologic Patient

Jonathan Varghese, David L. Chang, Benjamin D. Mirman, Jillian Capodice, Mourad Shehebar

Objectives: Here, we review opioid-sparing or opioid-free anesthesia and pain management for urologic procedures and pathologies–urological pain syndromes, kidney stone pain management, development of post-surgical pain syndromes, and prevention. We explore acute management of perioperative pain during and after urologic procedures; additionally, we review the pathophysiology of various urologic pain syndromes along with a variety of interventions, including pharmacologic management, nerve blocks, neurolysis, and neuromodulatory therapies in hopes of educating providers who treat the urologic patient.

Int J Anaesth Crit Care, 2024, Volume 3, Issue 1, p6-16 | DOI: 10.33696/Anesthesia.3.008

Short Communication Open Access

Middle Interscalene Block (Alemanno’s Technique): Some Considerations Thirty Years Later

Fernando Alemanno

In the last century, starting from 1911 (Kulenkampff) [1], more than twenty upper limb blocking techniques had been described, each of these blocks with its owns strengths and weaknesses (complications). Personally, in the early 80s I still applied Kulenkampff’s supraclavicular technique modified by Moore [2]; in one week I had had two

Int J Anaesth Crit Care, 2022, Volume 1, Issue 1, p33-36 | DOI: 10.33696/Anesthesia.1.005

Research Article Open Access

Gender Disparities in Outcomes Following Pulmonary Embolism Treatment in the Intensive Care Unit; A Multi-center Retrospective Cohort Study

Reubeni E. Mkama, Jin Peng, Yan Zhou, Tingfa Zhou, Jinyun Du, Guozhong Pang, Min Si, Yuan Li, Weidong Qin, Xiaomei Chen

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of blood flow in the pulmonary artery bed that can result in a life-threatening and potentially reversible right ventricular failure [1]. PE remains one of the leading causes of poor prognosis and death, particularly when a shock or right ventricular failure occurs [2]. According to studies, PE is generally manifested in a nonspecific manner

Int J Anaesth Crit Care, 2022, Volume 1, Issue 1, p5-16 | DOI: 10.33696/Anesthesia.1.002

Commentary Open Access

Therapeutic Values of Ketamine for COVID-19-Cared Patients: An Expert’s Point of View

Avi A. Weinbroum

Ketamine has long been used in the field of anesthesia [1]. Its rapid and long-acting analgesic effects associated with its dissociative properties have also established its use in prehospital and emergency department patients.

Int J Anaesth Crit Care, 2022, Volume 1, Issue 1, p1-4 | DOI: 10.33696/Anesthesia.1.001